Research Areas

Bioengineering integrates several engineering and science disciplines, and bioengineering departments typically specialize in particular areas of engineering and their respective applications to medically related problems. At Clemson, the Department of Bioengineering’s research emphases are biomaterials, biomechanics, bioinstrumentation and cellular biology, particularly for orthopaedic and cardiovascular applications.

Course offerings and research projects lie in the following areas: in vivo performance of biomaterials; biological response to implanted biomaterials; biomechanics of tissue, implants and the tissue/implant interface; wear and lubrication of joints; spinal mechanics; visualization techniques; CAD/CAM-based custom prostheses design; and biomolecular modeling.

Course work and research areas include:

bioinstrumentation

biomaterials

biomechanics

biomedical design

biomolecular modeling

biophotonics

biopolymers

cell-material interactions

genetic engineering

histocompatibilty

nanobiotechnology

neurobioengineering

orthopaedic engineering and pathology

polymeric biomaterials

supracellular assembly

tissue engineering

transport processes

tribology

vascular engineering

Specialty courses are taught in the departments of Genetics and Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, and Animal and Veterinary Science and in departments in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences.